Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. THANK YOU!! Troubleshooting this issue! It is obvious that the symptoms I am experiencing are happening to other 300 owner's vehicles. All of these issues have been reported to CAS and NHSTA. Transmission may remain in limp home mode. When I went to turn the car off, I heard a loud sound coming from the car. NHTSA says to date, there are 306 incidents of Jeep Grand Cherokees rolling away after owners believed the SUVs were shifted into Park. The 306 rollaway incidents resulted in 117 alleged crashes and 28 injuries. Vehicle dash displayed service transmission, e-drive unavailable, charge system fault. They let me took my car back, but from there, I am unable to drive it since it's still sitting on it's current transmission. It was quite a jolt when the vehicle seized. The "d" light on the gear shifter was blinking, and then the battery on the car went from 55% charge down to 47% charge. I bought this car brand new to avoid these kind of issues, so I am very disappointed. ). I drove down and we turned the car off. are trademarks of Autobeef LLC, All rights reserved. Put car in park, depressed brake, vehicle started and ess warning light stayed on and no other lights came on, pulled out of traffic into parking lot and vehicle was slow to accelerate at first, turned vehicle off myself, let it sit a minute. Next a "Service Transmission" message and the car slips into neutral and all the indicators over the shift knob illuminate. They seem more interested in getting their loaner back then fixing my car. California consumers may exercise their CCPA rights here. Subject: 2021 Wrangler unlimited (3. Car only has little over 28,000 mile S in it. The complaints are organized into groups with data published by vehicle, vehicle component, and specific problem. I have had it in to the shop 3 times now. Car said service transmission and shift into park to start. It took the fun out of moving and owning a Jeep. The car coming to a stop was in the neutral position. A red lightning bolt emergency sign came on but then went off immediately after. It had to be towed while still running. I won't go into the details, but I think I'll be going elsewhere for service in the future. I really do not even want the trade assistance, because I do not want another car from this company. Also vehicle would not start and all hell broke loose when going to start the motor, the starter did not crank, the start button would not return to Off position, fuel pump noise with out the motor running, horn blaring, wipers working extremely slow and they are in the Off positions. Have a 2015 Limited with the 8 speed transmission. Picked up my car on 5/20/15 after it had been at the dealership for 7 days. They noted TSB 08-082-20 on the service summary. The vehicle duplicated the issue on the dealers lot, but they claim " no codes, no repair". The financial problem is.will they survive ! So please clearly understand that this is happening on 300's and Charger's as well as other Chrysler vehicles. Thank god it turned he ck on and made it home. When this happens I cannot shut off the car completely. My car is in the shop for the 4th time. My Jeep flashed the d on the gear shifter and I got a notification to put the car in "park. " Started to back out with the truck Saturday (truck parked since coming back from dealer) and the same code was thrown. The first year we had it, it was in the shop 8 times because the car would shift into neutral while I was driving. Just heard back from the dealer. I'm contacting a lawyer and hopefully I will get a new car soon. On the dash, the check engine light, the wrench with a lightning bolt was on. have new car less than 700 miles/bought 12/31/13. My car continued to do this, getting worse each time, taking longer to start back up. However after working on my vehicle for 2 days the service dept called me to pick up my vehicle. If you can't go electric, don't do it. It must have been hell having to drive that Dodge! It cost me 4 hours of work time. They obtained a new transmission from ZF that obviously didn't undergo enough testing and rework. We disconnected he battery one more time meanwhile still sitting T-boned in the middle of the road, waited about 30 seconds and reconnected at which time we were able to restart and turn the knob to low (no other gear would work and the park brake was still engaged, but it moved enough to get us out of the road and into our own driveway. The vehicle was not yet repaired. After an hour the car started working in drive. When I got there the car seemed to be ok, other then the engine light being on. The result? Then you will have to disassemble the shifter assembly and clean/dry. I have been reading forums about this said issue and I am not the only one having them. scary. This is my fourth Jeep Wrangler and I never experienced anything like this. Finally, after 8 repairs, it ran well for about 8 months and I thought the problem was gone. I think thats because some owners have had their TIPM's replaced and the issues continue to take place. Get notified about new defects, investigations, recalls & lawsuits for the. We did some trouble shooting but nothing changed. Front vehicle photos 1986-2018 Autodata, Inc. dba Chrome Data. Mechanic's Assistant: What is the model/year of your Dodge? After the first time I took it in for an oil change, it started saying service electronic throttle control and wouldn't accelerate. I put the car in park with my foot on the brake. The air control also did not work properly. I hope it is something you can look into. The earlier schedule given to me was Monday, July 6. I know there must be others out there that are thinking this way as well, and that we can come together to get this taken care of. I am NOT okay with that. Engine light was on, but the car finally shift into Drive. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Our Touring-L, we have to keyless entry and start. They told her that they put 80 miles (on my leased vehicle) test driving it with no reported problems. Started it. You are using an out of date browser. Last occurrence this was the problem sequence. Remove and disassemble shifter. I was unable to move the car, and instead had to put the car in park and turn off the engine. The dealer has been great at trying to fix the issue but they have admitted that they don't know what it is or how to fix it and are relying on the national Jeep engineers to help try to fix it. I am a member of two Jeep 4xe groups on facebook and this is a reoccurring issue that is extremely dangerous. AutoZone ran a diagnostic, said it was all dealership codes, that have lead me here. Only reverse worked. (I really hope this doesn't turn into months of rabbit chasing. Well as I said before if this happened to me I would become Chrysler's worst nightmare. Last Wednesday they called me and told me my car was ready to be picked up. If it won't shut off in neutral and reset to Park, I would drive a little bit and then try to put it in Park. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. Example: "Bad Brakes", "Toyota Recall", etc. I'm assuming that 05 ML parts are interchangeable with 01 ML parts?? I do not feel safe, or that this car is reliable. Once I arrived to the dealer, I was notified that there were 2 recalls for my vehicle, and that they wouldn't be able to fix either of them until April. So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For more information on how we collect and use this information, please review our Privacy Policy. Heard a loud clunk and the car would not accelerate. I have had this car 16 months and have experience 3x the car suddenly dying with no electric but with a plenty of gas, once at 70pmh on a interstate and twice at 45mph. This vehicle absolutely stalls while driving. The failure mileage was 23,915. The Jeep has been charging the whole night before so it had a full charge. Chrysler in my opinion is placing itself in a bad situation by allowing this to happen. Turning the car on and off several times finally cleared the issue and I was able to drive to dealership. CarComplaints.com is an online automotive complaint resource that uses graphs to show automotive defect patterns, based on complaint data submitted by visitors to the site. . I have spoke to the same lady from Chrysler several times and she tells me the same thing every time, that she will contact the dealership to make sure they are fixing my car and once it is fixed she will review my case and make a decision. The car simply shut down, no warning, driving about 60 on an interstate. Picked up vehicle on 4/18 and stalled again on 4/22 and 4/23 while showing the exact same error messages. We haven't had the van a year yet and it had done this within 6 months of ownership. Taken to service for first incident week of 4/16, dealership replaced the ECM. It lost power and said place in park. I'll give you a hint on what the next complaint will be - Same problem as above. Turned on car and immediately the battery voltage gauge on dash was erratically fluctuating non stop forn10 mins and the car was sounding like it was shutting on and off on its own. The vehicle has been at the dealership since 8/24. I couldnt even make it out of the dealership parking lot. It has been plagued by problems from the start. My car is currently at the dealership and they are saying that they can't diagnose or fix the issue and that they would get back to me. The car randomly slips into neutral while driving. you are allowed only allowed to enter 1900 characters in the description of your safety complaint. When I stepped on the gas, the car started to go and then all of a sudden seemed to slip in to neutral and stopped accelerating. I'm really disappointed and scared to drive it. I drive the highway a lot and I'm concerned that if the car slips into parking again, I might end up causing an accident. We tried pushing the button to turn the car back on and nothing the car was still on but not running and wouldn't start. About 10 minutes later right before I was confirming the tow, I turned the car on, it started and I was able to put it in gear. Dashboard said to place it in p and then select a gear - we placed it in p but was then unable to change gear (4xe was still in run mode). California consumers may exercise their CCPA rights here. No warning lights prior to sudden shut down. Driving at highway speeds in idaho on a road-trip from California. If it still won't go into Park it may need looked at. An internet search indicates this is not uncommon and at least two class action suits are pending. I've been dealing with this problem for 4 years and it has to stop. The second time I called the dealership I was told the same thing, to call back in two weeks. Transmission failure at extremely low mileage, many recalls, problems stalling while driving the list goes on. If you continue to use this site, you consent to this use of cookies. Driving all of a sudden on highway my power steering light came on jerked me to the right very hard and the in lane light pop on that's turned off in my van. I took it to the dealer to be serviced, but they are unsure what is going on. Has anyone experienced or heard of a similar issue?. Waited nearly 3 hours for a the tow! Once green I realized I had very little power. I purchased this vehicle new and over the past 12 months, the back-up camera and stereo has stopped working four times. The headlights would spontaneously shut off at night while driving, and could not be turned back on. the car would not go into any gear - it was like it was stuck in park. The most recently reported issues are listed below. So at the moment, it's not possible to observe the issue. They won't be able to drive it away. July 28th - Called and stated it was fixed based upon Chrysler's Tech Support - they changed the transmission control module. Now my van wont start and multiple codes came on when trying to start my van. A message on the dashboard popped up that said for me to put the car in park and then select my desired gear. When van stalls the gear knob flashes in "D" or drive mode. Don't waste your time wasting ours! everything was fine, no warnings until seconds before powering down. 2016 Ram 1500 Laramie 5.7 L Hemi Crew Cab Jeep Garage is where you can talk about all your favorite jeeps including the Cherokee, Liberty and Grand Cherokee.